PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robin Lehner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carver Cade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carver Cade has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Robin Lehner's chin.

Lehner
vs
Cade

174 cm
31
151 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

170 cm
33
153 lbs
29 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robin Lehner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Carver Cade!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehner uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cade has time to react.
Lehner throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Lehner.
Lehner jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Lehner misses with a low kick.
Lehner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cade tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lehner was well out of range. Poor timing from Cade.
Cade blocks a jab.
Cade appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cade thuds a left hand into Lehner's body.
Cade getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lehner jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cade misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cade swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lehner blocks a jab.
Cade will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lehner tries to land a leg kick but Cade saw it coming and moves away.
Cade walks into a left hand.
Lehner scores with a jab. Cade acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cade displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lehner throws out the jab.
Lehner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cade throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lehner loads up on a big right hand but Cade slips the punch.
Cade throws a leg kick but Lehner checks it.
Lehner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cade lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lehner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lehner seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lehner misses with a body shot.
Cade buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lehner throws a hook but Cade avoids it easily.
It seemed like Cade was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cade chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lehner can pounce on him.
Lehner connects with a nice looking jab.
Cade feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lehner's calf.
Good leg kick by Cade there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cade scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cade shoots in looking for a takedown. Lehner tries to sprawl out of it but Cade keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lehner manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lehner moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cade ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cade feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lehner's calf.
Lehner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Cade on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cade scores with a hook.
Cade looks to throw the jab but Lehner is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Lehner misses the target.
Robin Lehner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cade tests Lehner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lehner lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lehner throws a sloppy head kick and Cade moves out of range easily.
Cade looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cade shoots in for a takedown but Lehner shows good takedown defense.
Cade defending well as Lehner loads up on a big left hand.
Lehner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lehner misses with a hook. Cade ducked under it nicely.
Cade throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cade jabs Lehner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cade connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cade stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lehner.
Cade scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cade cracks the inside of Lehner's front leg.
Carver Cade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lehner lands with a nice body punch.
Cade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lehner.
Lehner lands a jab.
Lehner moves out of range of the body kick from Cade.
Lehner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lehner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice uppercut lands for Lehner. That snapped Cade's head back.
A cross from Cade lands.

Lehner is rocked!
Cade turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lehner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lehner looks to score with a jab to the body but Cade is just out of range.

Cade is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lehner's half guard.
Cade thows a huge punch but Lehner dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cade thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lehner's head.
Lehner tries to roll over but Cade keeps him under control.
Cade has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cade is keen to just control but Lehner is a slippery customer.
Cade sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lehner defending well though.
Cade wants to take a breather but Lehner is having none of it.
Lehner is looking to improve his position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cade wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lehner keeps working.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cade shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lehner pinned against the cage. Lehner gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Carver Cade will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cade tries to land a front kick but Lehner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lehner blocks a leg kick.
Lehner lands a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Lehner. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lehner.
Lehner pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cade back to the cage. Lehner follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cade misses the shot to the body.
Cade connects with a right hand. Lehner shakes it off.
Cade tries to land a leg kick but Lehner saw it coming and moves away.
Cade is looking to clinch.
Cade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lehner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lehner lands with an overhand left.
Cade turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lehner throws a leg kick but Cade sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cade misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lehner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lehner. That's going to slow Cade down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehner throws a hook but Cade blocks it.
Lehner swings for the body but Cade moves out of range.
Lehner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cade.
Cade dodges the punch combination from Lehner.
Lehner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cade throws a leg kick that misses.
Cade lands with a good body shot.
A combination from Cade does no damage.
Lehner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cade scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cade throws an off balance right hand
and Lehner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lehner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice uppercut there from Cade.
Lehner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cade chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cade throws a push kick but Lehner slaps the foot to one side.
Robin Lehner is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cade lands with an overhand left.
Nice defenses there by Cade.
Cade throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lehner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cade ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cade fails with a takedown attempt.
Cade avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cade scores with a body shot.
Lehner tries to land a leg kick but Cade saw it coming and moves away.
Lehner looks to land a combination but Cade avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lehner. That's going to slow Cade down.

Cade clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Cade fails to land.
Cade drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lehner gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehner throws a punch but it's blocked by Cade.
Cade works on Lehner's body with a couple of short punches.
A short uppercut from Lehner.
Lehner prevents a body shot from Cade.

Cade lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Cade is thwarting Lehner's attempts to control the position.
Cade is keen to just control but Lehner is a slippery customer.
Cade thows a huge punch but Lehner dodges it nicely.
Cade not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cade sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lehner defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cade missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cade wants to control but Lehner is keeping him busy.
Lehner is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cade takes one on the button.
Cade thuds a left hand into Lehner's body.
A shot to the liver by Cade. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cade looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cade works Lehner's body with a nice hook.
Cade shoots in and drives through. Lehner sprawls well.
Robin Lehner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carver Cade.
Cade scoring well with a low kick there.
Cade scores with a hook.
Lehner moves out of range as Cade strikes.
Lehner was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cade throws out a leg kick but Lehner moves out of range and Cade only half commits.
Good leg kick by Lehner there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carver Cade showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Cade moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cade's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cade slips under a jab from Lehner.
Lehner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lehner throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cade's head.
Cade lands a slapping body shot.
Cade tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lehner was well out of range. Poor timing from Cade.
Jab by Lehner.
Cade is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lehner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That kick from Cade tenderised Lehner's leg. Lehner is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lehner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lehner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cade.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A clash of legs there as Lehner blocks the low kick.
A big left from Lehner misses.
Cade lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lehner at a distance.
Cade moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cade. Lehner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cade finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lehner blocks a head kick by Cade.
Lehner thinks about countering with a body kick.
Cade pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lehner back to the cage. Cade follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cade tries to clinch but Lehner is having none of it.
Lehner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cade shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lehner but Lehner pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lehner tried to counter with a leg kick but Cade avoided it.
Cade thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cade throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lehner throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lehner lands a jab to Cade's midsection.
Lehner misses with a low kick.
Cade misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Lehner to counter with a crisp jab.
Cade fails with a takedown attempt.
Lehner is looking for a counter combo.
Carver Cade is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lehner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An inside leg kick lands from Cade.
Cade with a nice cross.
Cade swings for the body but Lehner moves out of range.
Lehner lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lehner misses with a hook. Cade ducked under it nicely.
Cade waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lehner.
Lehner is looking to counter punch.
Cade throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Cade.
Cade misses with a looping right.
Lehner throws a quick counter head kick but Cade was just out of range.
Cade tests Lehner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lehner misses with a hook.
Cade connects with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cade. That's going to slow Lehner down.
Lehner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lehner there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehner throws out a loose jab but Cade uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big right from Lehner misses.
Lehner lands the left hand.
Lehner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cade throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cade avoids the body shot from Lehner.
Lehner throws a looping overhand right but Cade ducks down to avoid it.
Cade keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lehner tries to bum rush Cade with a series of wild strikes but Cade uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lehner looks to land a left hand but Cade moved out of range nicely.
Lehner fails to land with a series of punches.
Cade with a hook.
Cade connects with a solid leg kick.
Cade tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lehner is able to avoid easily.
Cade uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lehner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehner takes a swing at Cade's ribcage but misses.
Lehner ducks right into an uppercut from Cade.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lehner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cade is out of range and Lehner settles back down.
It seemed like Cade was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cade lands a nice looking body shot.
Cade looks to clinch
letting Lehner counter with a right hand.
Lehner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cade throws out the jab.
A jab lands there for Cade.
Cade throws a low kick, looking for Lehner's leg but Lehner calmly moves out of range.
Lehner appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Robin Lehner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Some bone on bone action there as Cade checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cade tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Cade misses the shot to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cade - that will leave a mark!
Lehner swinging wildly here.
Lehner moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carver Cade comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cade has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carver Cade!
An out of breath and clearly excited Carver Cade thanked GREEN!160 for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).